Triple

T12301074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lillian Smith Book Award E293221 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith was an American writer and civil rights advocate best known for her outspoken criticism of racial segregation in the mid-20th-century South.
 E983614 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Lillian Smith | Statement: [Lillian Smith Book Award, namedAfter, Lillian Smith]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lillian Smith
Context triple: [Lillian Smith Book Award, namedAfter, Lillian Smith]
  • A. Lillian Smith Knox
    Lillian Smith Knox was the wife of American politician and U.S. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social circles in the early 20th century.
  • B. Alice Walker
    Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
  • C. Ellen Glasgow
    Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
  • D. Daisy Bates
    Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • E. Zora Neale Hurston
    Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lillian Smith
Target entity description: Lillian Smith was an American writer and civil rights advocate best known for her outspoken criticism of racial segregation in the mid-20th-century South.
  • A. Lillian Smith Knox
    Lillian Smith Knox was the wife of American politician and U.S. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and a prominent figure in Washington, D.C. social circles in the early 20th century.
  • B. Alice Walker
    Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
  • C. Ellen Glasgow
    Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
  • D. Daisy Bates
    Daisy Bates was a prominent civil rights activist and journalist who played a key leadership role in guiding and supporting the Little Rock Nine during the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • E. Zora Neale Hurston
    Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Lillian Smith
Triple: [Lillian Smith Book Award, namedAfter, Lillian Smith]
Generated description
Lillian Smith was an American writer and civil rights advocate best known for her outspoken criticism of racial segregation in the mid-20th-century South.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d93edb59908190bcef9d0cdc11081f ner completed
NED1 batch_69f63eedd7a4819082f2049dcfff6401 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f64168d23881908daee7d7cba2160d ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f6400fe9888190ae8244ccc8e8bc39 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.